BIO: ALEXANDER, Capt. A.H., s/o Ashbury & Elizabeth (Lindsey) Alexander
Submitted by: phill@redrock.net (Phyllis Hill)
ALEXANDER LINDSEY SMITH
History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana, Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers, 1885, Chicago
Washington Twp, Pike Co, p. 383
CAPT. A.H. ALEXANDER, fire insurance agent and justice of the peace of
Petersburg, Ind., is a native of Dubois County, Ind., born February 15, 1827.
He is the 5th of the nine children, born to the marriage of Ashbury Alexander
and Elizabeth Lindsey, natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, respectively.
The father, when about twenty-six years of age, came to Indiana and located
in Pike County in 1811, and the following year was married. He soon after
removed to what is now Dubois County, where he remained until 1831, when he
went to Daviess County. He died there April 15, 1852. The mother died in
the same county, February 27, 1863. A.H. Alexander was reared at home
receiving his education in the old log house of that day. At the age of
twenty-three he married and located on a farm about four miles from
Petersburg, where he remained until 1859. In that year he removed to Jasper,
where he was engaged in a general merchandise business until 1861; at the
breaking out of the war he assisted in raising Company E, Fifty-eighth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which company he went into service as its
first lieutenant and June 2, 1862, was made its captain. He served in that
capacity until the battle of Stone River, when he received a gunshot wound
in the arm and side. June 1, 1863, he resigned his commission on account of
disability and returned home. During October and November of that year he
raised Company F, Tenth Indiana Cavalry, with which he served as captain
until mustered out August 31, 1865. Besides the battle of Stone River, he
particiapated in battles of Perryville, Shiloh, Corinth, Nashville, Decatur
(Ala.), Fort Blakey (Ala.), and numerous lesser engagements. Since the war
he has resided in Petersburg, engaged in his present business. He is now
serving his sixth term as justice of the peace. April 12, 1849 he was joined
in marriage with Lucy Smith, a native of this county and to their union have
been born Four children, only two of whom, Mary and Laura (now Mrs. Mart
Fleener) are living. Both Capt. Alexander and wife are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the G.A.R. and
A.F.& A.M. In politics he is a stanch Republican.
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